Västerås 1937, del 2
Year: 1937
Country: Sweden
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: At the end of the 1930s, Västerås was a city of contrasts. On the one hand, an old city with aging buildings, on the other hand, one of Sweden's most modern cities with large, rapidly growing export industries in constant need of new labor. Inspired by how other cities worked, the rulers in Västerås decided that the city should be properly documented. Both for the Westerners of the time and for future generations. A photography and film committee was commissioned to have a film made where everything of importance would be documented, they wanted to create a period document from 1937. The committee included Sven Drakenberg, then curator at the Västmanland county museum, among others. Just over thirty-five years after the premiere, he voiced the film's narration. Committed and initiated, he lets us meet people and environments in 1930s Västerås. Because the film was a so-called archive film, they did not have the same requirements for entertainment value as if it had been a feature film. Despite that, the film became something of a box office hit at the Röda Kvarn cinema. With its premiere on December 5, 1938, it ran in double performances every night for a week and was seen by just over 3,000 people.
Video Added: 20.12.2020

'Västerås 1937, del 2'

Saint-Jean-de-Luz, août 1934
Year: 1934
Country: France
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl
Video Added: 12.11.2020

'Saint-Jean-de-Luz, août 1934'

Odessa 1935
Year: 1935
Country: Soviet Union
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, sunbathing, swimming
Video Added: 24.10.2020

'Odessa 1935'

Children Practicing Yoga with Krishnamacharya
Year: 1938
Country: India
Section: chronicle
Tags: girl
Description: Krishnamacharya teaches yoga to two of his children.
Video Added: 22.10.2020

'Children Practicing Yoga with Krishnamacharya'

Skolesvomning ca. 1935
Year: 1935
Country: Denmark
Section: chronicle
Tags: bathing, boy
Description: In 1934, the Frederiksberg Swimming Pool was inaugurated. Previously, the children went to Heligoland in the summer months to learn to swim. The new swimming pool was a big step forward. Before the children were let loose in the swimming hall, they had to practice all swimming strokes and swimming techniques - the so-called dry swimming, which took place at the school itself. From the film School dentist, swimming and athletics, approx. 1935.
Video Added: 06.09.2020

'Skolesvomning ca. 1935'

Ondata di caldo
Date: 23.06.1937
Country: Germany
Section: chronicle
Tags: bathing, boy, girl
Description: Sequence description: a workhorse drinks from a fountain on the road to Berlin; a gentleman sweats a lot and wipes his face with a handkerchief; the pools were open free to the public; families of bathers by the pool; two little girls play with a pram and a doll; a water slide very crowded with children; the sale of ice cream; one child cries that she does not want to take a shower while another is having fun; all naked children play in the water;
Video Added: 02.09.2020

'Ondata di caldo'

Happy Schooldays
Year: 1932
Country: United Kingdom
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, sunbathing
Keywords: Pathe
Description: "Here's a French babies' school, where they believe in the open-air treatment." L/S of large group of children sitting in the open air. "A good start - a drink for thirsty little ones." C/U of woman pouring liquid from a bottle into little metal cups held by the children. C/U of a group of five children - they all wear the same romper suits and hats.
"Lessons for the puzzled ones..." High angle of group of children at a table. L/S of children sitting at tables, little girl walks around giving out pencils. C/U of boy drawing or practising his writing. C/U of boy with head in his hands. "Diversions of all sorts to build up little bodies..." L/S of children doing ring-a-ring-a-roses holding hands. They put their hands in the air and clap them. Cute shot of the kids lying on their backs and kicking their legs in the air - some kind of keep fit exercise. The children then do "wheelbarrows" - propelling each other around the garden.
M/S of the children sitting in three lines hanging onto each others ankles and rowing (like the "Oops Upside Your Head" dance so popular in the early 1980s!) C/U of a naked girl having her chest measured. The nurse or teacher is telling the girl to take deep breaths. C/U of two little rascals. L/S of two women watching over the children as they all lie on the ground for a snooze. "And, of course, a rest, well-earned - whether on the ground..." Cute shot of some of the kids dozing. "...or the regular siesta." M/S of some of the other children sleeping on canvas beds. C/U of one child asleep. C/U of another child, lying on its tummy with its bum in the air! Cute.
Video Added: 23.08.2020

'Happy Schooldays'

Summer School
Year: 1939
Country: United Kingdom
Section: chronicle
Tags: bathing, girl, summer camp
Keywords: Pathe
Description: Aka Children's Holiday Camp
Video Added: 22.07.2020

'Summer School'

1934 Camp Kids and The WPA
Year: 1934
Country: United Kingdom
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, swimming
Description: Totem pole gateway has overhead sign reading Camp Fairchance; Bugler on platform blows reveille boys wake up in camp dormitory. Young girls eating a meal in camp. Girls sitting outside on camp grounds doing needlework. Children swimming in camp lake. Camp counselor leads children down camp road. Bugler on platform. American flag is lowered down flagpole camp girls salute.
Video Added: 10.07.2020

'1934 Camp Kids and The WPA'

Sun Children Of Today at Bedales School
Year: 1931
Country: United Kingdom
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl
Keywords: Pathe
Description: Parents and children spend holiday at Bedales School with minimum clothes.
Video Added: 27.06.2020

'Sun Children Of Today at Bedales School'


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